Bisphenol A increases progesterone receptor immunoreactivity in the hypothalamus in a dose-dependent manner and affects sexual behaviour in adult ovariectomized rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-140

  Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Sano, A ^a   Mitsushima, D ^a   Kimura, F ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Preoptic area; Progesterone receptors; Sexual behaviour; Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DRUG VEHICLE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SESAME SEED OIL;

ADULTHOOD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOLS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WF; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037318789     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.00872.x     Document Type: Review

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